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{{Short description|Egyptian model}}
{{BLP sources|date=April 2011}}
{{Infobox pageant titleholder
| name         = Antigone Costanda
| image        =  File:Miss World 1954, Antigone Costanda and Miss Cotton 1954.jpg
| image_size   =  
| caption      =  Costanda ''(right)'' in 1955
| birth_date   = 1934
| birth_place  = [[Nicosia]], Cyprus
| education    = 
| alma_mater   = 
| occupation   = [[Model (person)|Model]], [[entrepreneur]]
| years_active = 1953&ndash;present
| height       = 
| title        = [[Miss Egypt#Representatives to Miss World|Miss Egypt 1954]]<br>[[Miss World 1954]]
| competitions = [[Miss Egypt#Representatives to Miss World|Miss Egypt 1954]]<br>(Winner)<br>[[Miss World 1954]]<br>(Winner)
}}

'''Antigone Costanda''' ({{langx|ar|أنتيجون كوستان}}, {{langx|el|Αντιγόνη Κωνσταντά}}; born 1934) is a Cypriot-Egyptian designer, model and beauty queen who won [[Miss World 1954]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DGBIAAAAIBAJ&pg=2180,2363077&dq=miss+world+1954&hl=en|title=Miss Egypt Becomes Miss World In Beauty Contest In London|date=October 19, 1954|work=[[Ocala Star-Banner]]|access-date=16 April 2011}}</ref> The pageant took place on October 18, 1954, in [[London]], England, with the participation of 16 contestants. Born in [[Nicosia]], Cyprus, in addition to [[Arabic language|Arabic]], Costanda is fluent in [[Greek language|Greek]], [[English language|English]], [[Italian language|Italian]] and [[French language|French]]. The [[Cyprus|Cypriot]]-Egyptian beauty was the first [[Miss Egypt]] candidate to win the title of Miss World for Egypt, as well as the title of Miss World for an African country. She was also the first African to win a major beauty pageant title.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20141029152146/http://lempimissit.suntuubi.com/?cat=510 suntuubi.com]</ref>

According to [[Eric Morley]]'s 1967 book, "The Miss World Story", Costanda was positively beaming as she claimed that her victory was also for the Miss World 1953 second runner-up status of [[Marina Papaelia]], also from Egypt.

The following year, during the 1955 [[Miss World]] beauty pageant held in London, Costanda did not attend the event because of political hostilities between Egypt and [[United Kingdom|Britain]] over the [[Suez Canal]]. [[United Kingdom|British]] actress [[Eunice Gayson]] crowned [[Miss Venezuela]], [[Susana Duijm]], as the new Miss World.

Prior to winning Miss World, Costanda was gaining experience in the [[Model (person)|modelling]] profession and was appearing in numerous publications. Winning Miss World further helped her to reach the top of her profession, becoming a successful model in the [[Middle East]], [[France]], Italy and Greece. Her career in later years moved into interior design. She ran a company designing the interior of [[business]] buildings.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.femina.in/beauty-pageants/others/miss-worlds-of-the-50s-and-where-they-are-now/articleshow/21367767.cms|title=Miss Worlds of the 50s and where they are now|publisher=beautypageants.indiatimes.com|date=31 July 2013|first=Ipshita|last=Mitra|access-date=29 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181229031357/https://m.beautypageants.in/others/Miss-Worlds-of-the-50s-and-where-they-are-now/amp_articleshow/21367767.cms|archive-date=29 December 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> She was one of the judges at the [[Miss Egypt|Miss Egypt 2006]] contest.

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